Vireo, Solitary or Blue-Headed 



so exquisitely finished, but still a beautiful little structure 

 of pine-needles, plant-fibre, dry leaves, and twigs, all 

 lichen-lined and bound and rebound with coarse spiders' 

 webs. 



NELTJE BLANCHAN. Bird Neighbors. 28 



VIREO, YELLOW-THROATED 



This is undoubtedly the beauty of the vireo family. 



NELTJE BLANCHAN. Bird Neighbors. 23 



To distinguish it from both the warbling and the red- 

 eye, you have but to remember the yellow on its breast 

 and its two strongly marked wing bars. 



FLORENCE A. MERRIAM. Birds of Village and Field. 1 



If the red-eye is a soprano, the yellow-throat is a con- 

 tralto. He sings much the same tune, but his notes are 

 deeper and richer, while they are uttered more deliberately 

 and with greater expression. . . . "See me; I'm 

 here; where are you?" he calls, and at intervals repeats 

 his question in varying forms. Sometimes he astonishes 

 us by an intricate liquid trill. 



CHAPMAN. Handbook of Birds. 21 



They [the red-eye and the yellow-throat], sing somewhat 

 alike and yet differently, the advantage being with the 

 yellow-throat, . . . .the red-eye . . . saying, "Do 



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